EDUCATION
B.S. Public Health - U.C.L.A. - 1956
M.A. Health & Safety Science - California State University at Los Angeles
- 1967
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Certified Industrial Hygienist, Comprehensive Practice; Certificate
No. 653 (1970)
Certified Safety Professional; Certificate No. 1097 (1971)
Registered Professional Engineer (California); Certificate
No. 2845 (1978)
Registered Environmental Health Specialist (California); Certificate
No. 2065
Community College Instructor Credential (California); Credential
No. 89575
Certified Asbestos Consultant (California); Certificate No. 92-0830
Certified Lead Inspector/Assessor (California); Certificate No.
I611
Certified Lead Project Designer (California); Certificate No.
D611
Certified Lead Project Monitor (California); Certificate No.
M611
EXPERIENCE
1974 - Present President
Health Science Associates (HSA)
HSA is a multi-service occupational and environmental health and safety
firm providing a wide range of consulting and technical services.
The firm performs its work for industrial, commerical, governmental,
association, professional, insurance, legal, community and academia clients.
Mr. Spielman has managed the development, growth, and delivery of
HSA's services and continues to do so. The company has grown on the
basis of reputation and referral (with minimal marketing) to a peak employment
level of 80 people, including a Branch Operation in Northern California.
The areas of HSA's (and Mr. Spielman's) activities and expertise
are enumerated below.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION AND PROGRAMS
Safety and health management planning; program audits; safety and
health program administration; procedures and practices for prevention
of accidents and compliance with legal requirements; safety and health
training; up-to-date information on standards, codes and regulation; liaison
with government and insurance agencies.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Industrial hygiene surveys and evaluations; air sampling for toxic
substances; ventilation evaluation, monitoring and design; toxic material
evaluation and control programs, data sheets; respirator and personal protective
equipment programs; noise surveys and hearing conservation programs; laser,
microwave, light, et.al. protective programs; ELF/EMF evaluations, dermatitis
control; ergonomic hazard assessment & control; MSDS preparation and
review; hazardous waste management; record keeping systems.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Safety program evaluation, development and administration; facilities
and equipment design review; facilities and work practices surveys, hazard
identification and control; accident control and prevention programs; job
safety analysis; injury recording/reporting systems; protective equipment
requirements; machine guarding; OSHA/Cal-OSHA surveys; administrative assistance
and development programs.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS
Employee "right-to-know"; hazard recognition and identification;
hazardous material handling; material handling techniques; confined
spaces; respirator/use & maintenance; noise and hearing conservation;
introduction to industrial hygiene; safety management; supervisor safety;
key man training; accident investigation; forklift training; job safety
analysis; asbestos and lead worker/supervisor training; microbiological
evaluation and mitigation.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Property environmental assessments; asbestos assessments, management
programs, lead assessments, management programs, specifications,
and monitoring/surveillance; microbiological assessments, specifications,
monitoring; community noise assessment and control; off-site and property
line airborne contaminant surveys; risk assessments; community "right-to-know"
programs; Proposition 65 compliance.
FULL SERVICE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY (Until May, 2005)
AIHA accredited in all Industrial Hygiene categories; AIHA ELLAP
accredited (lead); NIST accredited (bulk asbestos); California DHS accredited
for hazardous waste, potable water and waste water.
LITIGATION SUPPORT AND EXPERT TESTIMONY
Attorney-client privilege work; technical investigations and
retrospective assessments (including accident re-construction); expert
testimony in workers compensation, civil, tort and product liability cases,
expert consultation.
1967 - 1974 Hughes Aircraft Company
Culver City, CA
Hired as head, Industrial Hygiene and Safety; promoted to corporate
manager, Environmental Health and Safety. During this period Hughes
Aircraft Company employed approximately 30,000 people and was a diversified
electronics and aerospace government contractor engaged in research, development
and manufacturing at numerous plant-sites.
Was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the
Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Program. This program included
safety engineering, industrial hygiene, environmental pollution, health
physics and workers compensation.
Acted as company chief executive on environmental health and safety
matters. Recommended new and revised company policies. Developed,
coordinated, issued and maintained environmental health and safety practices
and standards; these appeared in the Company Environmental Health and Safety
Manual which was initiated by Mr. Spielman. Audited safety and health
performance of operating groups and divisions. Was responsible for
ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and contractual requirements.
Other responsibilities included review and recommendation of policies
and practices in medical administration, system safety and industrial defense.
Coordinated Environmental Health and Safety programs with corporate and
division management. Maintained liaison with governmental agencies,
trade, industry and professional associations, and other companies.
Chaired corporate Environmental Health and Safety Committee. Was
secretary of Corporate Radiation Committee. Was member of Corporate
System
Safety Committee and Industrial Relations Committee.
Provided technical assistance to division Environment Health and
Safety organizations. Served as Company Radiation Protection Officer
and arranged for AEC and state radioactive material licenses. Personally
provided technical occupational health services for Hughes Research Laboratories.
Special projects of interest were (1) a review of the company's posture
with regard to environmental pollution with recommendations for a control
program, (2) a cost-effectiveness study of the company's policy on pre-employment
physical examinations, (3) an analysis of workers' compensation administration
and organization and (4) establishment of a program to comply with the
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 (PL 90-602).
1963 - 1967 Northrop Corporation
Norair (Aircraft) Division
Hawthorne, CA
Employed as Industrial Hygienist. The Norair Division was
involved in government and commercial aircraft manufacturing, testing and
related research and development and employed approximately 10,000 people.
Via interdivisional work orders, also provided Industrial Hygiene and Safety
services for Nortronics (electronics and missile), Ventura Division
(fabrication and composites) and Architectural Systems Division.
Was the first Industrial Hygienist employed by Northrop.
Developed and administered the industrial hygiene program designed
to recognize, evaluate and control environmental health hazards; assisted
the Chief Safety Engineer in technical safety and health programming; alleviated
environmental health and safety emergencies; prepared and issued
technical reports and procedures; consulted with other Norair disciplines
and Northrop Divisions; coordinated with the Medical Chief; assisted with
proposals and pertinent contracts; investigated illness and injury reports;
liaison with governmental agencies and vendors. These primary duties
resulted in accomplishments of special note. These were the development
of a toxic and hazardous materials control program (forerunner of hazard
communication and MSDS programs); improvement in the management of protective
clothing and equipment; establishment of close working relationships with
facilities and plant engineering,
materials and process engineering, research and development, research
and test laboratories, and manufacturing disciplines; major contributions
to a newly developed Norair Safety Manual; technical development and surveillance
of industrial hygiene activities of four safety engineers; installation
of an Industrial Hygiene Laboratory; full time participation in two Chemical
Hazards Potential Studies
accomplished by Northrop Space Laboratories for NASA; development
of laser control procedures; and initiation of a hearing conservation program.
Also, was chairman of a four-man multi-disciplinary study team (Process
Engineering, Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Health and Safety) that conducted
a comprehensive study of all Norair chemical processing facilities.
The recommendations of the team resulted in the adoption of corporate standards
for chemical processing facilities (including ventilation design, labeling
& maintenance).
The enactment of Los Angeles County A.P.C.D. Rule 66 (Control of
Organic Solvent Emissions) resulted in the establishment of a Rule 66 Task
Force at Norair. Represented the safety organization on this Task
Force, thereby coordinating training activities and assuring that, in plans
to comply with Rule 66, industrial hygiene and safety controls were not
compromised.
1959 - 1963 Los Angeles City Health Department
Employed as Industrial Hygienist in Division of Occupational and
Radiological Health. The Division was responsible for enforcing the
Toxic Chemical Ordinance and promoting healthful working conditions in
more than 10,000 industrial establishments.
Duties and assignments included surveys and studies in all types
of industrial establishments; enforcement of the Los Angeles Toxic Chemical
Ordinance; radiological health surveys and studies; recommendation of corrective
procedures, practices and installations; review and approval of facility
and ventilation plans; use, maintenance and calibration of industrial hygiene
instrumentation; hazard evaluation of trade name materials; promulgation
of bulletins, laws and regulations; and investigation of occupational diseases.
Special assignments included a public safety study of hazards in
commercial trampoline centers, a study of residential gas heaters for carbon
monoxide hazards, a study of retail coin operated dry cleaning installations
to determine public and operator hazard potential, a study of aircraft
maintenance activities at Los Angeles International Airport, and liaison
with industry advisory committees.
1957 - 1959 United States Air Force
Second lieutenant in pilot training for five months. Discontinued
flying training due to change in Air Force administrative policies.
Assigned to USAF Hospital, Maxwell AFB, Alabama as Medical Service Administrator.
Assignments were Assistant Adjutant, Commander of Patients' Squadron, and
Security Indoctrination Officer. Supervised two civilian and eight
military personnel. Completed active duty as first lieutenant.
1956 - 1957 Los Angeles City Health Department
Employed as Public Health Sanitarian and assigned to the Downtown
Rehabilitation Health District. Made health inspections of restaurants,
hotels, apartment houses, barber shops, et.al. Enforced the Los Angeles
City Health Code. Worked in close cooperation with the Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety and the Los Angeles Fire Department.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Industrial
Hygiene Foundation (IHF) - Director 2002 - 2005
California
Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC) - President 1990 - 1996. Board member 1997 -
2005. Vice President 2006 - Present.
American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH), Director 1990 - 1996.
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
Fellow member since January, 1994
Past chair of Audit Committee, Public Affairs Committee.
Past member of various technical committees.
Past member of Emerging Issues Committee
Past Member of Awards Committee
AIHA, Southern California Section
Past President (1965 & 1978); past Secretary-Treasurer;
Chaired symposium committee; member of ad hoc committees.
Recipient of Leadership Award, 1999.
AIHA, Orange County Section
Founding Board Member; Section appointee to CIHC Board.
American Academy of Industrial Hygiene; Diplomate (since 1970)
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Health Physics Society, Southern California Section
Environmental Information Association
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Southern California Education and Research
Center Advisory Committee 2004 - Present.
Member, ABET Employer Advisory Committee for the UCLA Industrial Hygiene
Program 2005 - Present.
Member, U.C. Irvine Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Committee
2004 - Present.
Cal/OSHA - Member of Mold Advisory Committee 2001 - 2002.
Presented "Industrial Hygiene, Past, Present and Future" on December 2,
2004 at the California Industrial Hygiene Council Annual Conference.
Presented "Professional Ethics Workshop" on April 22, 2004 at the
Sacramento Section, American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Presented "Toxic Molds or Toxic Myths" on October 25, 2002 at the
California State Bar Environmental Law Conference.
Presented "Technical and Political Aspects of Mold Issues in California"
at the July 12, 2001 Meeting of AIHA, Southern California Section.
Cal/OSHA - Member of Mold Advisory Committee 2001 - 2002
California Department of Health Services - Lead Workshops; Member
1996 - 1998.
Lead Safe California - Lead Task Force; Member 1996 - 1998.
Los Angeles County Health Department - Occupational Health Task Force:
Member 1997.
Presented “Sampling Methods, Risk Assessment and Toxicity of Microbials”
at the 1997 Annual Technical Symposium jointly sponsored by the Southern
California and Orange County Sections of the AIHA.
Occupational Safety & Health Continuing Education Advisory Board,
University of Southern California:
Member (1982-2000).
Delegate, 1st Occupational Health Delegation from the United States
to the Peoples Republic of China, 1982
Governor's Advisory Council for development of California OSHA plan:
Member (1972-73).
Various California advisory committees established by the Cal/OSHA
Standards Board for development of occupational health and safety standards:
Member (1973-1984). Including the asbestos, airborne contaminants,
noise, confined space and coke oven emissions standards.
California Safety Council Board of Directors (1980-1994); President
1983-1985.
California Manufacturers Association Workers Compensation and Occupational
Safety & Health Committee:
Member of Steering Committee (1968-1974). Chairman (1971-1973).
Organized, developed and/or presented health, safety, environmental
seminars, workshops, programs for such organizations as AIHA, American
Medical Association, California Safety Council, L. A. Chapter of National
Safety Council, California Manufacturers Assn., Merchants & Manufacturers
Assn., University of Southern California, Society of Manufacturing Engineers,
Public Agency Safety Mgmt. Assn., Cal/OSHA.
Taught Radiation Health and Safety & Industrial Accident Prevention
semester courses for Los Angeles City Schools and Long Beach Community
College.
Past member of Occupational Safety Advisory Committee, Los Angeles
City College.
Past member of Aerospace Industry Assn. and Electronics Industry
Assn. Safety & Health Committees.
Past member Orange County Lung Assn. Indoor Air Pollution Committee.
Served as member of qualifications appraisal and interview panel
for professional Industrial Hygiene position examinations for the State
of California, City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Unified School District.
Taught segments of AIHA, Southern California Section's Industrial
Hygiene review course; also taught same for MBA Associates course of a
similar nature.
POST-GRADUATE COURSES:
Radiological Monitoring
Radiation Physics
Industrial Sanitary Engineering
Hearing and Its Measurement
Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
Safety Education
Administration of Health and Safety
Appraisal and Guidance in Health and Safety
Chronic and Degenerative Diseases
Independent Study (Health and Safety Law)
Radiation Safety
Thesis (Legal Aspects of Radiation Health and Safety)
SPECIAL TRAINING OR COURSES:
Elements of Industrial Hygiene - California State Health Dept.
X-Ray Protection - U. S. Public Health Service
Radiation Health Physics Training Program - The Budd Company
Radiological Monitoring - Los Angeles Civil Defense Agency
Analysis and Control of Noise - U. S. Public Health Service
Industrial Hygiene Engineering - U. S. Public Health Service
Industrial Ventilation - U. S. Public Health Service
Liquid Missile Propellants - Rocketdyne/Northrop
Cryogenics Course - Northrop
Effective Writing - U. S. Air Force
Non-Ionizing Radiation - U. S. Public Health Service
Evaluation of Laser Hazards - U. S. Public Health Service
Introduction to Computers, Information Technology and Management
Sciences - Hughes Aircraft Company
Management and Communications - California Manufacturers Assoc.
Management of a Workers Compensation Program - Cal. Tech.
Sampling & Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Dust (NIOSH 582)
- NIOSH
Supervisory Safety Management Course - National Safety Council
Techniques of Teaching - California State Department Education
Electromagnetic Spectrum Course - U. S. Public Health Service
Emergency Care of The Sick & Injured - U. C. L. A.
Inspecting Bldgs. For Asbestos-Containing Materials - USC/ISSM
Management Planning for Asbestos - USC/ISSM
Asbestos Abatement Contractors & Supervisors Course -
DNA,
Inc.
AHERA Project Designer - National Environmental
Ergonomics - USC/ISSM
Laboratory Techniques & Trends - MBA Associates/HSA
Operator Certification for XRF - Scitec Corporation
Operator Certification for XRF - RMD Corporation
Confined Spaces - Orange County AIHA
Risk Assessment, Inspection, & Abatement of Lead-Based
Paint Hazards - AIHA Professional Development Course
Indoor Air Quality - Orange County AIHA
Lead-Based Paint Issues for Certified Industrial Hygienists
- University of California, Berkeley
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